MAKING MEMOIR MAGIC Kerry Kriseman: Summer Reads for Memory Lovers
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What makes a book unforgettable? In this special summer reading episode, memoir author and coach Kerry Kriseman shares a curated collection of books that linger long after the final page—stories filled with vulnerability, resilience, identity, family dynamics, reinvention, grief, courage, and hope. This episode is for:
- readers looking for meaningful summer books
- aspiring memoir writers
- creative souls craving inspiration
- anyone quietly wondering if their own story matters
- Why memoir matters
- What readers and writers can learn from great storytelling
- The emotional power of sensory detail
- How books give us permission to tell the truth
- Why ordinary lives are never truly ordinary
- The connection between reading and writing memoir
- Strangers by Belle Burden
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
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